Analyzing Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK) & Its Peers

Northern Dynasty Minerals (NASDAQ:NAK) is one of 54 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & Silver Ores” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Northern Dynasty Minerals to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of -0.61, indicating that its stock price is 161% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Dynasty Minerals’ peers have a beta of 0.82, indicating that their average stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Northern Dynasty Minerals and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	-17.27
Northern Dynasty Minerals Competitors	$926.47 million	-$221.11 million	-21.89

Northern Dynasty Minerals’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Northern Dynasty Minerals. Northern Dynasty Minerals is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Northern Dynasty Minerals and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northern Dynasty Minerals Competitors	-56.04%	0.43%	0.77%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.6% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.0% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Northern Dynasty Minerals and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0	0	1	0	3.00
Northern Dynasty Minerals Competitors	464	1113	1057	27	2.24

Northern Dynasty Minerals currently has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.58%. As a group, “Gold & Silver Ores” companies have a potential upside of 24.60%. Given Northern Dynasty Minerals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Northern Dynasty Minerals is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Northern Dynasty Minerals peers beat Northern Dynasty Minerals on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Northern Dynasty Minerals Company Profile

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. engages in the exploration of mineral properties in the United States. Its principal mineral property is the Pebble Copper-Gold-Molybdenum-Silver-Rhenium project comprising 1,840 mineral claims that covers an area of approximately 274 square miles located in southwest Alaska, 17 miles from the villages of Iliamna and Newhalen, and approximately 200 miles southwest of the city of Anchorage. The company was formerly known as Northern Dynasty Explorations Ltd. and changed its name to Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. in October 1997. Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.